Thesaurus results for ANIMATORS

animators

noun

plural of animator

as in drivers

someone or something that gives life or vigor to

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Recent Examples of animators On the question of whether animators should calibrate their work for global comprehension from the outset, all three jury members pushed back against overt calculation. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 June 2026 Margaret Kerry, the perky actress and dancer who served as the model and inspiration for the Disney animators creating the pixie Tinker Bell for the 1953 classic Peter Pan, has died. —

Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026 At Satrapi’s insistence, the movie was completely hand-drawn; the animators, employing a largely obsolete technology, traced images on paper with the same type of black marker that Satrapi had used to compose the book. —

Hillary Chute, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026 Amazon is not selling AI as a replacement for animators. —

Maureen Kerr, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Another Tom Holland installment is due in a few weeks, while the third Spider-Verse movie limps toward next year’s release on the exhausted backs of its animators. —

Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 26 May 2026 Film industry pros, for example, from actors and animators to editors and even location scouts, have expressed concern about AI one day putting them out of work — fears that were front and center in the mass strikes that shut down Hollywood productions in 2023. —

Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 14 May 2026 And not to feel that the animators had to overperform it, as such. —

Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 4 May 2026 The architect says he's worked with around 13 consultants, including animators, music arrangers and contractors, who helped design and build the show. —

Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026

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Police call for drivers to remain attentive, particularly during the hours of sunrise and sunset, when shifting lighting conditions affect road visibility.

— Lyanne Wang, CBS News, 17 June 2026
The death of a Central Park carriage horse that collapsed last week while on a ride with two passengers was caused by a foreign toxic plant, according to a necropsy publicized on Tuesday by the union representing carriage drivers.

— Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 16 June 2026